Reaming tool



June 10, 1952 v, 55555 2,599,887

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A 7- roFA E/ Patented June 10, 1952 lT-E n STATES PATENT" l I 2,599,887 7 REAMING 100.11.. 7 Victor E."B es se, Fort Worth, Tex. Application November 29, 1948, Serial No.6 2;460

1 Claim. (01. 77+

This inventionrelates to: cutting or reaming tools-of thetype employed in lathe operations, and it has particular reference to a tool for reaming or enlarging bores, such as shaft journals,;a-nd-the like, andits principal object resides in the provision of a simple and inexpensive tool capable of being employed with a conventional lathe vforwreaming out or enlarging. aligned bores in castings or housings for the purpose of renewing or replacing worn bearings for shafts, and toprovide guide meansfor the tool in the bores. to insure proper alignment and uniform cutting-'for minimizing thertime and expense required; for such operationsr A l further object of the invention isthat' of providing an economical instrument which is capable of being secured in a lathe chuck and operated to uniformly ream one or more aligned bores in aminimum period of'time and requiring a minimum of skill in such operations.

Broadly, the invention contemplates the provision of a reaming tool by which castings, such as gear housings having aligned bore holes therein for a single shaft extending therethrough, can be enlarged for the insertion of bushings, nonfriction bearings, and the like, or larger shafts may be installed when the journals become worn and distorted.

While the foregoing objects are paramount, other and lesser objects will become manifest as the description proceeds, taken in connection with the appended drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the tool shaft on which are shown, in cross-section, a plurality of guide members for properly aligning the tool in the bore holes.

Figure 2 is an end view of the invention.

Figure 3 is a transverse cross-sectional view of the invention, taken on lines 3-3 of Figure 1, illustrating the manner in which the cutting members are adjustably secured in the tool.

Figure 4 is an opposite end view of the invention, showing the end of the shank by which the tool is secured in a lathe chuck, and

Figure 5 is an elevational view of the invention in operation within a casting, the latter being shown in vertical section, having a pair of aligned bores, the shank of the tool being shown installed in a lathe chuck.

The invention is specifically designed for reaming shaft bores in gear-box castings for washing machines, and the like, wherein the drive shaft and gear assembly for the wringer often becomes worn to the point where the bores are distorted and the shaft wobbles in its journals and new z; a o bushings arerequired.- In such operations itiS desirable, to ream outorrebore thejournals and enlarge the same'sufliciently to permit the-insertion therein of bronze-bushings which obviously serve to; prolong, the, life of the bores in; which the shaft operates; It; is, of'course, important that both bores in the casting should be-in proper alignment: and-when one of the journals has a smaller diameter than the other; the reaming tool shouldbedesigned accordingly. It isessential-, in any event; that; the shaft journals be maintainedin true. alignment; to; insure theproper function ;of theshaftrinstalle ther n.

Accordingly,therefore; the invention-comprises a shaft orbody I 0 of anyrequired length having a series .of' apertures l l arranged therethrough and properly spaced; to receivecutting tools l2; I3 and Min themanner-illustrated-in Fi ures 1 and 5'; Themembersiz, l35and' l4iareapref erably arranged with their cutting points I5 extending radially from the shaft I 0 at right angles thereto and adjustably secured therein by set screws 16 so that the cutting elements can be adjusted to cut any depth required, as illustrated in Figure 5.

In utilizing the device for operations, such as that illustrated in Figure 5, where a pair of aligned bores l1 and iii are employed. a pair of guide members [9 and 20 are slidably arranged on the shaft l0 and have their operative surfaces 2| and 22 bevelled to permit their being seated in the bores l1 and [8, respectively, and properly guide the shaft l0 therethrough. In the casting 23, illustrated in Figure 5-, the bore I1 is somewhat larger in diameter than the bore l8 and therefore the guide member 20 is larger than the guide member I9. This arrangement permits the guide I9 to be passed through the bore I! at the beginning of the operations and engage the bore [8, in the manner illustrated in Figure 5, while the guide 20 engages the bore I1 to properly align the tool while the cutter members l2, l3 and I4 perform their cutting operations.

In initially installing the tool in the casting 23, the shaft I0 is extended through the bore I! and then into and through the bore I8, the guide l9 engaging the mouth of the bore [8 by its seat 2|, while a stationary guide member 24, intermediate the members [9 and 20, properly guides the tool through the larger bore l1 and until the cutting member l3 has progressed therethrough to the point illustrated in Figure 5, and the cutting member [2 has traversed the bore 3. The guide 20 will then engage the then enlarged bore I! to retain the shaft 10 in proper alignment until the second cutting member H has traversed the bore I! to enlarge the same to the extent of the out performed by the member M.

It will be noted that each of the cutting mem-' bers l3 and I4 performs only a, portion of the cutting operations within the bore H, the member l3 performing'a certain .cut in advance of the member [4 which makes another cut to enlarge the bore to the desired diameter, the adinstability of the cutting members I3 and H. as well as that of the member 12, making it possible to increase or decrease the depth of' the cut and to perform cutting operations on greater or lesser diameter bores, "as required. The guide members I9, 20 and 24, arranges on. the shaft l0, simplify the operation to the. extent posite said stem and adapted to operate in the bore farthest from] said stem, a guide member slidably arranged on said shaft adjacent to said cutter tool, a pair of spaced cutter tools 'adjustably secured through said shaft spaced from said first named'cutter tool and adapted to operate in the opposite bore, another guide member that little attention to the operation is required While itis beingperforrned. A spring 25 i s' ar ranged upongthe shaft l0 between theguide member 19 and themember M to urge the guide member I9, against the mouth of the bore l8 while the cutting operation is completed in the bore I1 and thus insure the proper alignment of the two bores when the cutting operations are completed.

The body or shaft 10 of the invention is formed with a shank 26- which is adapted to be fitted into a'chuck 21-'of a'lathe 28, or other power driven device, such as an electric drill. The guide '24 maybe freely slidable' on the body l0 and limited in its movement under tension of the spring 25 by the 1500113, in the mariner illustrated in Figures 1 and 5. The spring" 25 is compressed as the tool is moved through the bore I1 and the guide 24 approaches the bore l8.

Manifestly, the structure herein shown and described is capable of considerable modification arranged on said shaft between said first named guideand one of said lastnamed cutt er tools engageable with said opposite bore, aiming on said shaft tensioning said guidejmembers against said tools adjacent thereto, and aguide member for centering said shaft in said opposite bore. VICTOR BESSE.

7 g 2 REFERENCES CITED I The following references are of record inithe file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number 'Nam'e are 1,590,209 Sanborn Jan. 29,1926 1,817,730 Beckman i Aug. 1931 2,091,628 Carlson Aug. 31,1937

7 ,FOREIGNPATENTS, V r ,j Number Country- Date a 124,389 "Great Britain Mar: 27,1919 

